Frost-Wolf Escapes Totapara

Frost-Wolf Totapara

Landen could not sleep on the eve of the attack. Although the nightmares had stopped these past two days, and he no longer dreamed of cats, dogs, or the Train Station, Theresa's near disaster in reality was far more terrifying than any nightmare. Bored, Landen climbed up the Watchtower of East 9 Post Station and gazed into the distance at Lokirav Pass.

"What are you looking at instead of sleeping in the middle of the night?" Landen had not been staring blankly for long before he heard Tania's voice. Ever since she had become a Great Fairy, Tania's tone toward Landen had grown more and more like an elder's.

"Nothing. I was thinking, if Wains hadn't managed to protect Theresa, would she really have been carried off by the Wolf-Barbarians?" Landen muttered softly.

"How could that be? Though we're nodes of the Magic Web, we do have wills of our own, at least. It's not as if just anyone can say they're taking us away and then take us away." Tania patted Landen on the head. "Go to sleep early. Staying up late is bad for you humans' bodies."

"What do you think about the few of us taking advantage of the Wolf-Barbarians being unprepared and killing our way straight over?" Landen said. "With the three of you, plus me, Wains, and Shrike, as well as Blaze and Black Rabbit, if we still can't take them down with that, then bringing any more cavalry won't mean much either."

"Mm, the three of us definitely won't have a problem. Ask those two, and the two horses too. They've been tired the whole way."

"It's fine. I brought lots of potions for magic beasts." Without looking back, Landen walked down from the castle.

Just half an hour later, three people